The News Machine
Author | : James Hanning |
Publisher | : Conran Octopus |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
ISBN-10 | : 1908096950 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781908096951 |
Rating | : 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: What started in 2002 as a seemingly harmless story about illegal phone hacking blew up into a national stormwhen it was alleged that missing teenager Millie Dowler's phone had been hacked by private investigators working for News International. It led to a public enquiry that brought down the once unassailable News of the world, Rebekah Brooks, and David Cameron's Press Secretary Andy Coulson. Through his involvement with the news story since the beginning, James Hanning got to know Glenn Mulcaire when his conviction of phone hacking in 2007 led to the resignation of Andy Coulson. Together they will be telling the story from the inside, the human cost, the news machine.